Two Hours To Windows 8: An Upgrade Diary

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Posted 29 February 2012 - 05:31 PM

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Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:01 PM

Leave aIt has to be noted: this is only for the upgrade process.

If you're fresh installing (which is always the best way), it's quite quick to install. It should be noted that this is the first time ever (as far as I know) that a new version of Windows preserved applications on an upgrade, so I see this as kind of a major improvement that certainly will take some tuning.

Oh.. and if you downloaded the ISO rather than the web installer, a lot of the hassles would have gone away. comment

#3 GiovanniHynson

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Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:43 PM

Is it just me? Or does the Windows 8 GUI look like a 6 year old designed it.

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Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:51 PM

I LOVE windows 8 (beta)!

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Posted 29 February 2012 - 07:52 PM

GiovanniHynson, on 29 February 2012 - 07:43 PM, said:

Is it just me? Or does the Windows 8 GUI look like a 6 year old designed it.

Just you and a few iApples...

#6 Raj457b

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Posted 29 February 2012 - 10:42 PM

I must say.. on a 5 yr old laptop.. It didn't take me more than 1 hr 15 min from the time I started the download process to the main desktop screen to appear.. All including the time I took to read through some warning and notes.. I don't understand what specs your system has.. Mind had a 1.5 GB RAM with a Intel core duo proc.. And yes I updated from DP to CP...

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Posted 29 February 2012 - 11:24 PM

It looks like a 4 year old designed it, not a 6 year old.

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 01:39 AM

eye4bear, on 29 February 2012 - 11:24 PM, said:

It looks like a 4 year old designed it, not a 6 year old.

That is a good thing. The entire concept of the GUI and mouse was developed many years ago by studying how young children relate to the world around them.

I know your post was meant to belittle, but you only belittle yourself.

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 06:45 AM

MikeWilliams3dx3, on 01 March 2012 - 01:39 AM, said:

eye4bear, on 29 February 2012 - 11:24 PM, said:

It looks like a 4 year old designed it, not a 6 year old.

I thought it was how Steve Jobs related to the world.

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 08:47 AM

If you install to a separate partition does it still delete your programs?

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 09:39 AM

This article makes me think you were struggling to come up with a legitimate story..

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 12:00 PM

If you had the nuts and know how you should offer your services to M$. It would save us all long and boring installs, and even longer and more boring time line personal fumbling!!

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 02:59 PM

The new look of Windows 8 is quite bland compared to what we are used to. I'm disappointed with its stark, two-dimensional appearance.

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 05:13 PM

What happens to WIN. 7 during the installation of win, 8

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Posted 01 March 2012 - 09:33 PM

Way to inject negativity into every situation. You DO realize it's not even a beta but a 'consumer preview', yet you were able to install it far easily compared to XP? You DO realize that you got this piece of software completely free? You DO realize that most of your hardware works (unlike every other OS ever) after installation, including speakers, printers, sound cards, modems and routers?

Or have we all started to take these things for granted?

Thanks, MS for a wonderful piece of FREE technology. Looking forward to the final one.

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Posted 02 March 2012 - 07:05 AM

talhamid, on 01 March 2012 - 09:33 PM, said:

Well said!

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 08:14 AM

It's been a long, painful and costly upgrade burden since Windows 3.1. I'm so tired.....

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 08:14 AM

"You DO realize that you got this piece of software completely free? "

That doesn't make it any less trash. The Metro UI is garbage.

I got Ubuntu for free too - difference is quality.

The meme is that 8 is Vista, only MORE SO.

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 02:11 PM

KevinZhang, on 29 February 2012 - 07:51 PM, said:

I LOVE windows 8 (beta)!

Please explain why you love Windows 8. I think I will wait until the regular release comes out and get it in a tablet format.

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Posted 05 March 2012 - 04:29 AM

Hmmm seems funny to me. Last Time I installed a major release of an OS not only did everything stayed but after the reboot everything worked, zero reinstalls. MS better go back to day one and learn something from other OS writers.